Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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